Preliminary Schedule — Subject to Change!
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10:00amLearn the ECD Medley DX No One Sings That Anymore, It's Too Popular GB Israeli Oldies Dance Party NS Sunday Morning Contras DS Intro to Quebecois Step Dancing TB New England Tunes Slow Jam GS   Romanian Music Concert E Old Time Gospel Sing GB Family International Dance DF Irish Slow Session GB Scandinavian Folk A Cappella E
10:00am
10:15am10:15am
10:30amAppalachian Songs of West Virginia TB 10:30am
10:45am10:45am
11:00amEnglish Medley NX West Gallery Music GS Dances from Croatia TB Singing Squares DS Learn to Contra - Fun and Easy! DB Springtime Tunes - Flute, Feet, Piano E Family Singalong GF Community Dance Party DF Slow Jam: Fiddle Traditions Weaving Old and New GB NEFFA Community Survey Results C 11:00am
11:15am11:15am
11:30amWaltzing with Raccoons NS Exuberant Pub Songs E How to Start a College Contra Dance C 11:30am
11:45am11:45am
12:00noonDance Performance E Shape Note Workshop TB Dances of Bridgerton TB English and Contra DS Intro to Balkan Dancing TB Argentine Tango Jam GS (Mostly) New Topical Songs E All Ages Barn Dance DF Scottish Session Bangers GX NEFFA Annual Meeting P 12:00noon
12:15pm12:15pm
12:30pmWriting Contra Dances P Songs for Hugs and Smiles GF 12:30pm
12:45pm12:45pm
1:00pmSacred Harp Singing GS The One-Step Then and Now TB Roaring Russian Dances Regaled TX Dance the World Around DF Strange and Lovely Ballads E Kids Contra Jam GF (set chairs)
Adapting Short Stories to Song Form TB Social Media & Music Marketing in 2026 P 1:00pm
1:15pm(strike chairs)
1:15pm
1:30pmSunday Contra Medley NX Chorus Singalong GB Django Jazz Jam GS Watertown's Leading Front Porch Busking Band E 1:30pm
1:45pm1:45pm
2:00pmJim Kitch Remembered (Contras) DS Open Celtic Session GX Balkan Joy! DS Cross-Step Waltz 101 TB Family Dance Party DF What's So Special About ECD Music? TS It's All Happening at the Zoo GF Brotherhood in Song E Songs of the Voyageurs P Morris for All 2:00pm
2:15pm2:15pm
2:30pmStrong Women & Bad Decisions: The Story Hour GF Songs of Love & Longing E Rhythm of the Rails E 2:30pm
2:45pmParlor Party - Sing and Jam Song Circle GS 2:45pm
3:00pmA Shadowy Set of Contras! DS You Find an Irish Pub E Beautiful Waltzes NS Swedish Couple Dancing NS Spring into Action & Song GF The Ultimate Parody Jam! GB Jazz Americana E   3:00pm
3:15pmCroatian Dance Favorites NS 3:15pm
3:30pmCelebrating Fried de Metz Herman ECD DS Before It Was a Folk Song E Compare and Contrast! E Beatles Singalong GS 3:30pm
3:45pm3:45pm
4:00pmFestival Orchestra Contras and Sqs -- Merry Go Round at 4:35! DS Chantey Sing GB Re-Imagining Folk Song Nostalgia E Closing Sing-Around GB Available for Jamming
Voice of the Roots E 4:00pm
4:15pmBalkan Dance Party with Orkestar Banitsa NS Røros Norwegian Dansefest NS 4:15pm
4:30pmECD Delights DS Singing from The Shenandoah Harmony GS Banjo Styles for Folk Music TB 4:30pm
4:45pm4:45pm
5:00pm        5:00pm
5:15pm  5:15pm
5:30pmFestival Concludes -- See you next year!5:30pm
   


New England Folk Festival Association